Chapter 3: Student And Teacher

Lucy's train never arrived that night. She was wrong about the one that had arrived before, it hadn't been hers. It was going to a city farther away then the blond intended to start from. So Lucy merely slept in the station. Besides her keys she had nothing of value, she even had the look that she didn't, so no one disturbed the blond after she had fallen asleep.

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The performances were now over, and all the Fairy Tail members slowly walked home. Erza, Natsu, Happy, and Grey stayed behind looking for Lucy. They wanted to congratulate their friend on her amazing performance. everyone in the guild thought it might have been something she wrote when she left her father. None of them even considered the fact that her song was to them.

The group searched the guild but couldn't find her. They searched her apartment but Lucy was still missing. When the team couldn't even find their friend any where in the city, they began to worry. Unsuccessful, the four mages continued to search till the next day. When morning rolled around, Erza, Natsu and Grey stumbled into Fairy Tail. Happy was laying on Natsu's head.

The rest of the guild however, had of energy to spare. After an exciting day before and a good nights rest, the guild members had gotten up early and finished the new guild building. The new guild was twice as big as the last one.

Mirajane was the first to notice the group walk in. The white haired girl exclaimed, "Hi guys!" But as they came closer, she saw that something was wrong.

Once they reached the bar, Erza spoke with Mira first, "Mira, we need your help."

Mira was confused, why would they need her help? In hopes of an answer, she asked, "My help? What's wrong?"

It was Happy who spoke up next, mumbling. "Lucy's missing"

Mira, shocked by the unexpected news, freaked out, "What! Lucy's missing!"

The rest of the guild heard this, for the white haired girl had shouted at the top of her lungs, and started freaking out as well. In his office, Makarov heard the racket and walked out to see what the problem was. He instantly regretted doing so, for when he reached the railing, the stares of all the guild members were on him.

Mirajane called up to him from the bar, her face streaked with tears. "Master! Lucy's missing!"

The Fairy Tail master remained calm, preparing his voice for the announcment about to be made. "Do not worry my children! Lucy is not missing." Sighs of relief could be heard through out the guild. "Our beloved celestial mage has left to train." The sighs stopped, and were replaced with gasps of surprise.

Erza called up to her master next. "Master, how long will Lucy be training? Where is she? I would like to join her."

Makarov looked down at Erza glumly, a frown covering his face, "Lucy plans to travel the continent. Because of this, she will be gone for almost six years."

Shouts of disapproval and shock rung through out the building again. Sobs and crying mixed in. Natsu was worse then all the others, he was a tangle of mess. He was shocked, angry, and hurt all at the same time.

When he had finally calmed down enough to talk, the dragon slayer yelled at Makarov, "There's no way she would leave! We're her nakama! Why would she leave without saying goodbye?"

So that he wouldn't have to repeat himself, Makarov yelled out, "Silence!"

It was then that someone entered the guild, but no one looked to see who. Everyone was busy with their dilemma concerning Lucy. Makarov spoke up again so that he was heard, "Lucy did say goodbye. Last night, the song she sang to all of us was her goodbye. I can only imagine how she felt towards your reaction."

The mysterious person spoke up now, gathering the attention of the guild, "Who's Lucy and why did she leave?"

The Fairy Tail members turned to see who it was that spoke out. As soon as they had, everyone went quiet. But then they all began to whisper his name.

The man repeated himself, "I said, who is Lucy and why did she leave?"

Makarov spoke to him, "Laxus, Lucy is a member of the guild who joined while you were away. She left because she felt responsible for the attack by Phantom Lord."

Grey yelled out at this last sentence, "But we all agreed that it wasn't her fault!"

The rest of the guild murmured their agreement, but then Laxus spoke up again, "So this Lucy just walked out on the guild?"

Makarov grew annoyed by all the questions but kept himself calm, "No, she didn't. She wanted to protect everyone here, so she left. Lucy said her goodbyes last night, and through song no less."

Suddenly a magic projection appeared on the wall to the right, and Lucy's performance was being shown. Fairy Tail was quiet as they watched Lucy perform. Listening closely to the lyrics, the members of the famous guild realized that she had in fact said goodbye.

When the performance ended and the projection disappeared, and everyone was silent. Almost everyone. Laxus broke out laughing.

When he finally stopped, he exclaimed, "I might let her stay in the guild when I become master. Her voice and looks are the only things good about her. Not that good, but still."

The guild went into an uproar. What Laxus had just said only proved once again how conceited and arrogant he is. Yelling and shouting filled the building for what seemed like eternity.

Makarov had enough of this, however. "Quiet!" He carried out the single word until no one dared to speak. He then pointed a single finger to his grandson, "Laxus. I've had enough of your attitude. You will find Lucy and travel with her!"

For the third time that hour, an uproar erupted. Makarov, however, was done with these outbursts, "Quiet! None of you shall speak again until I tell you to, got it?"

The old mage faced Laxus, waiting for an answer. He quickly got one, "What makes you think I'll do what you tell me to do, gramps?"

The old mage merely smirked, "Because she'll be gone for six years. And if I ever see either of you without the other, I will personally punish you." The master then gave a glare ten times worse than one of Erza's.

Laxus was truly terrified by this threat. He knew what his grandfather was capable of and didn't want to face it head on. The blond didn't show this fear however, and merely frowned. "Ugh, fine. I'll go look for her."

Laxus walked out of the guild and off to the train station. He hadn't even been in Magnolia for even a day and already he had to leave. When Laxus arrived at the station, he bought a ticket for the train that would leave the soonest.

The mage was angered when the ticket woman said, "I'm sorry sir. Due to technical difficulties we have no trains scheduled for today. However, a train that was supposed to arrive yesterday has yet to come, so you might be able to ride that one. We were notified that it should be arriving in about ten minutes."

Laxus, calming himself down, said, "Huh, fine. I'll take that one." He then paid for his ticket and walked away.

He walked over to a bench to see a girl sleeping. He recognized her. It was Lucy, the girl he was supposed to find and help train. Well that was easy. The blond mage examined the other blond. Now that he got a closer look, Laxus saw just how good looking she was. Wow, she looks good. Not my type though.

Laxus gently shook her, trying to wake her up. Unsuccessful, he zapped her with some electricity.

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Lucy jumped with a shock. Quite literally. Someone shocked her awake. The blond looked behind her to see the man from the night before. Before she could say anything, though, he asked her.

"You Lucy?" Lucy merely nodded. The blond man smirked, then spoke again. "Name's Laxus, gramps asked me to travel with you and help you train. And from the looks of you, it seems I have a lot of work ahead of me."

Lucy was mad. She didn't even know this guy but already he was insulting her! "Don't insult me when I don't even know you! And what makes you think I'll go anywhere with you?"

Laxus emitted a deep growl and scowled, "Listen, I wouldn't be here if I had a say in this, but I have to be here so you're stuck with me, like it or not. I already know I don't."

This only made Lucy even angrier, "Don't go saying that when you know nothing about me! Who says I have to go with you anyways?"

Laxus was quickly getting annoyed by this girl. She had bite, he would give her that, but that wasn't enough. "Master says, that's who. So either you stay here and get arid of me, or leave and deal with me. Your choice."

Lucy sighed in defeat. It was to late to go back, so she was stuck with this jerk. "Fine, you can come." The blond sat back down on the bench and patted the spot next to her.

Laxus sat down. The two remained silent until the train came. When the two boarded was when they finally began to speak to each other.

"So where do you intend to go first?" Laxus asked. He needed to come up with a training plan for the girl.

"I heard about a place on the peninsula to the north that has more information than anywhere else on celestial magic. So I thought I would head up the river and the coast on my way there." Lucy explained, she thought that it would be a good start to her journey.

Laxus merely chuckled, "Yeah, I guess that would be a good place to start. But we'll be going there my way." Lucy gave the other blond a skeptical look. The adult continued, "When we reach Clover Town, we'll go on foot. That will give us plenty of time to train you."

Lucy's eyes went wide. "Y-you can't be serious! Do you know how far that is! It'll take us months to get there!"

The thunder mage just looked at Lucy with a bored look. "Yeah, that's the idea. It'll give us plenty of time to train you."

Lucy looked out the window in defeat. The train was starting to move. The teen looked back at her new traveling partner. "If we're stuck together for six years, we might as well get to know each other now instead of later when we hat each other's guts."

Laxus nodded and turned to his new student. The two started talking and learning about each other. They soon discovered they had more in common then they thought